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New Aluminum Floor in 1648
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<blockquote data-quote="tdub" data-source="post: 157173" data-attributes="member: 3668"><p>I'm going to answer all you're questions in order...</p><p>The sheet thickness is 1/8". </p><p>I ordered all of the materials through a local steel supply shop. </p><p>I used rivets to attach the floor sheet and so far so good.</p><p>The braces are attached with rivets as well, this step really stiffened up the floor, I thought the "C" channel would carry the load without any bracing but it flexed to much.(Trial and error thats why I posted the pics) All support bracing big rivets are used. The floor has smaller ones due to the number of rivets. I will say after it was all done I am very happy with the results, I lost some inches in the front of the boat making it flat(@4") but walking around the boat is so much easier now. It took some time to do but after using it for a while now it was worth it. I do need to change some things as I am going to put a surface drive engine on the boat, like moving the gas tank and battery up front. I will try to post more pics. Hope this helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tdub, post: 157173, member: 3668"] I'm going to answer all you're questions in order... The sheet thickness is 1/8". I ordered all of the materials through a local steel supply shop. I used rivets to attach the floor sheet and so far so good. The braces are attached with rivets as well, this step really stiffened up the floor, I thought the "C" channel would carry the load without any bracing but it flexed to much.(Trial and error thats why I posted the pics) All support bracing big rivets are used. The floor has smaller ones due to the number of rivets. I will say after it was all done I am very happy with the results, I lost some inches in the front of the boat making it flat(@4") but walking around the boat is so much easier now. It took some time to do but after using it for a while now it was worth it. I do need to change some things as I am going to put a surface drive engine on the boat, like moving the gas tank and battery up front. I will try to post more pics. Hope this helps. [/QUOTE]
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